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Complete adze. Mid grey and mid brown stone. Surface is flaked and ground. Cross section is rectangular. Sides taper toward the poll. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is curved and sharp but chipped.

Complete adze. Dark grey rock. Surface is flaked and ground. Cross section is square. Minor differentiation between butt and blade; reduction and bruising at the shoulders. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is not present.

Complete fish gorge.

Broken adze, blade remaining. Mid-green pounamu. Cross section is rectangular. Surface is bruised and ground. Sawing marks visible on sides. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and extremely oblique.

Complete stone chisel. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is flaked. The proper left side is ground. There is no demarcated bevel. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with flaking originating from the poll. There is minor delineation of the blade and poll, with the sides tapering towards a point at the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is an oval. The surface is ground on the high points of the stone. There is some flaking on the poll. The bevel is on the top of the blade, and is demarcated by a curved line. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Broken, curved fishhook point with the base and most of the point remaining; the external side is longer than the internal side. The external side is serrated from a third up the point up to where it is broken.

Broken adze, lower blade remaining. Dark grey. Surface is flaked and ground. Cross section is rectangular. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Broken adze, small part of blade remaining. Dark grey rock. Surface is ground. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Broken adze, part of blade remaining. Light grey rock. Cross section is rectangular. Surface is ground on front and bruised on back. Bevel is demarcated by a change in surface. Cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Broken adze, cutting edge and proper right side not present. Black rock. Surface is flaked and ground. Cross section is plano-convex. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line.

Complete adze. The cross section is plano-convex with the front flattened. The surface is ground with some bruising. There is minor differentiation between the butt and the blade as the butt is more bruised than the blade and the proper left hand side has a slightly raised shoulder before tapering in. The bevel is demarcated by a ridge at the chin. The cutting edge has significant flakes along it but is still sharp and is straight.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is bruised. There is minor differentiation between the butt and the blade as the sides taper in towards the poll and a slightly raised shoulder on the proper left hand side. The bevel is demarcated by a ridge at the chin. The cutting edge is curved and straight with flaking along it and a chip missing from the proper right hand side.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface on the front and back is ground but the sides are flaked. There is no major differentiation between the butt and the blade, only a very slight tapering in of the sides The blade is continuous with the bevel. The cutting edge is straight and sharp with two major chips; one on the proper left hand side and one in the middle.

Nephrite/pounamu hei tiki, kahurangi variety, mid green and light brown, high transparency. Broken suspension hole at the top of the head. Head turned to left with cleanly defined features. Defined arms with elbows and three fingered hands sit on thighs, legs joined and lightly defined at feet.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is mainly ground with some bruising. There is only very minor differentiation between the butt and blade as the proper left hand side tapers in towards the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is slight curved and sharp with some flaking along it.

Broken adze with the blade remaining. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is bruised. There is a saw mark on the proper left hand side. There is no butt. The bevel is demarcated by a line at the chin. The cutting edge is oblique and sharp with minor flaking along it.

Broken pounamu pendant or gouge, lower blade remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with flaking at the break and on the cutting edge. There is no demarcated bevel or cutting edge.

Complete flute. Finished at both ends. One end has a partial perforation drilled. There are two perforation along the top. Striations along one side in a chevron pattern.